Book 11 Drances and Camilla

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Cards (29)

  • What does Aeneas do with Pallas's corpse?
    He returns it to Evander for Pallas to have a proper burial
  • What request does Aeneas grant to the Latins?
    He allows the Latin envoys to take the corpses of their allies and give them a burial
  • Who was Drances?
    An older warrior who had always spoken against Turnus
  • What does Evander ask Aeneas to do?
    Avenge Pallas by killing Turnus
  • What did Diomede tell the Latins about the Trojans?
    That he has no quarrel with the Trojans and that the Latins should give their gifts to Aeneas
  • What did Diomede state about Aeneas?
    That he was more pious than Hector
  • What does Latinus suggest that the Latins should offer the Trojans?
    A large piece of land near the Tiber
  • How does Turnus respond to Drances' provocation?
    He states that the Latins must have other allies
  • Who does Latinus blame for the war against the Trojans?
    Himself, for not eagerly welcoming Aeneas and taking him as his son-in-law
  • What does Camilla tell Turnus?
    That she wants to try and fight the Trojans herself
  • Who were Camilla's parents?
    Her mother was Casmilla and her father was a warrior tyrant called Metabus
  • Which goddess did Metapus dedicate Camilla to when she was a child?
    Diana
  • What does Diana say about Camilla?
    That if she had survived, she would have been one of her companions
  • What does Virgil compare Camilla and her attendants to?
    Amazons
  • Which Etruscan rallies the others?
    Tarchon
  • What does Virgil compare Tarchon to?
    An eagle
  • Who kills Camilla?
    Arruns
  • What does Virgil comapre Arruns to?
    A wolf that has killed a shepherd
  • Who kills Arruns?
    Opis
  • What do Aeneas and Turnus decide to do before they fight?
    Since it was getting dark, they avoided fighting each other
  • What does Drances tell the Trojans?
    That he is willing to find a way to reconcile them with the Latins
  • What was the result of the Latin envoys' efforts to maintain peace?
    They were unsuccessful, despite their efforts